I was curious about stats of Puerto Ricans. Many of you know that PRs have an abysmally low LSAT mean (138). But a low mean doesn't necessarily mean there aren't a handful of 170+ers. If the score distribution closely approximates a normal curve, then given LSAC data, there should be only 1.5 PR's who score above 170. (calculated off of 138.72 mean, 9.61 SD, and 2,295 test takers in 2008). I gathered all self identified PR's on LSN to get a better idea of PR applicants out there. Here is what I found:

Looks like there was only 1 person who broke 170. Given that LSN most probably has a self-selection bias towards stronger applicants, this data suggests that the assumption of a normal distribution and the percentile distribution that would entail is likely a warranted one. There is not a single applicant with both a 170+ and 3.9+. This suggests that there would be a strong boost at the top schools. I would like to find counterexamples of PR's with more impressive stats, so please post them if you have them. Feel free to make inferences from the data to post them for others.

Yeah thats because I just searched for people who put "Puerto Rican" in their profile. if you put a space before the "/white" you would probably have came up. BTW did select white and puerto rican on your LSAT?

MichelFoucault wrote:Yeah thats because I just searched for people who put "Puerto Rican" in their profile. if you put a space before the "/white" you would probably have came up. BTW did select white and puerto rican on your LSAT?

I don't know what I selected, but it doesn't matter. All that matters is what you select on your law school apps.

Agreed, this is sad that there aren't more PRs posting, going to law school. My dad graduated from law school in '77 and was the only Puerto Rican in his class and same with four of his sisters who followed in the next six years. I was hoping that had changed. Looked like it hasn't. My grandpa still cried when I got my UofC acceptance, even though I won't be the first lawyer in the family, he went off about how more PRs need to go to law school. Guess we all have to be the examples?

Drea1919 wrote:Agreed, this is sad that there aren't more PRs posting, going to law school. My dad graduated from law school in '77 and was the only Puerto Rican in his class and same with four of his sisters who followed in the next six years. I was hoping that had changed. Looked like it hasn't. My grandpa still cried when I got my UofC acceptance, even though I won't be the first lawyer in the family, he went off about how more PRs need to go to law school. Guess we all have to be the examples?

We will, and we shall make sure our children (while not necessarily lawyers) will be well-educated professionals

Drea1919 wrote:Agreed, this is sad that there aren't more PRs posting, going to law school. My dad graduated from law school in '77 and was the only Puerto Rican in his class and same with four of his sisters who followed in the next six years. I was hoping that had changed. Looked like it hasn't. My grandpa still cried when I got my UofC acceptance, even though I won't be the first lawyer in the family, he went off about how more PRs need to go to law school. Guess we all have to be the examples?

Agreed, I am the first person in my family to attend college, let alone law school. We all need to be examples for our family and the community. Best of luck to you!